These railroads were bought, leased, or in other ways had their track come under ownership or lease by the Central Railroad of New Jersey

Central Railroad of New Jersey

The Central Railroad of New Jersey , commonly known as the Jersey Central Lines or CNJ, was a Class I railroad with origins in the 1830s, lasting until 1976 when it was absorbed into Conrail with the other bankrupt railroads of the Northeastern United States...

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The Central Railroad of New Jersey was consolidated into Conrail.

The Allentown Terminal Railroad, Bay Shore Connecting Railroad, Beaver Meadow, Trescow and New Boston Railroad, New York and Long Branch Railroad

New York and Long Branch Railroad

The New York and Long Branch Railroad was a railroad in central New Jersey, running from Bay Head Junction in Bay Head to Perth Amboy, where it connected to the Central Railroad of New Jersey's Perth Amboy and Elizabethport Railroad. The railroad was jointly owned and operated by the Pennsylvania...

 and Raritan River Railroad

Raritan River Railroad

The Raritan River Rail Road was a twelve-mile shortline railroad founded in 1888 and based in South Amboy, New Jersey, U.S., which ran as far as New Brunswick, New Jersey. It served both passengers and freight in its heyday and operated profitably throughout much of its existence...

 were partly owned by the CNJ.

• American Dock and Improvement Company
• Bayonne Port Terminal
• Buena Vista Railroad
• Carteret Extension Railroad
• Carteret and Sewaren Railroad
• Central Railroad of Pennsylvania
  Central Railroad of Pennsylvania
  The Central Railroad of Pennsylvania was an attempt by the Central Railroad of New Jersey to avoid certain New Jersey taxes on their Pennsylvania lines...
  
  
  • Easton and Western Railroad
• Constable's Hook Railroad
• Cumberland and Maurice River Railroad
  • Bridgeton and Port Norris Railroad (succeeded November 30, 1878)
• Cumberland and Maurice River Extension Railroad
• Dover and Rockaway Railroad
  Dover and Rockaway Railroad
  The Dover and Rockaway Railroad was a section of railroad track completed in 1881 connecting Dover, New Jersey and Rockaway. It formed an important link in the developing American railroad system, connecting major trunks to the New York harbor for freight and provided passenger service to central...
  
   (leased April 26, 1881)
• Elizabeth Extension Railroad
• Freehold and Atlantic Highlands Railroad
  • Atlantic Highlands Railroad
  • Freehold and New York Railway (consolidated January 8, 1890?)
    • Monmouth County Agricultural Railroad
  • Keyport Railroad (consolidated January 8, 1890?)
• Hibernia Mine Railroad
  Hibernia Mine Railroad
  The Hibernia Mine Railroad was a railroad in Morris County, New Jersey that operated between Hibernia and Rockaway from 1863 to 1946.- History :...
  
   (leased September 30, 1910)
• High Bridge Railroad (leased)
  • Taylor Iron Works
• Lafayette Railroad
• Lake Hopatcong Railroad
• Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre Coal Company
• Long Valley Railroad
• Longwood Valley Railroad
• Manufacturers' Railroad
• Manufacturers' Extension Railroad
• Mauch Chunk, Summit Hill and Switchback Railway
  • Mauch Chunk Switch-Back Railway
• Middle Brook Railroad
• Middle Valley Railroad
• Mount Hope Mineral Railroad (bought February 1930)
• Navesink Railroad
• New Jersey Southern Railway
  • New Jersey Southern Railroad
    New Jersey Southern Railroad
    - Raritan and Delaware Bay Railroad :The New Jersey Southern Railroad began life as the Raritan and Delaware Bay Railroad Company , in March 1854. The R&DB was chartered to construct a railroad from the Raritan Bay to Cape Island , near the outlet of the Delaware Bay. It was to form part of a...
    
    
    • Kent County Railroad (leased) (later reassigned to PRR)
    • Long Branch and Sea-Shore Railway (leased)
    • Maryland and Delaware Railroad
      Maryland and Delaware Railroad
      The Maryland and Delaware Railroad Company is a Class III short-line railroad, formed in 1977 to operate several branch lines of the former Penn Central Railroad in both Maryland and Delaware. These branches were omitted from the system plan for Conrail in 1976 and would have been discontinued...
      
       (leased) (later reassigned to PRR)
    • Pemberton and New York Railroad (leased) (later reassigned to PRR)
    • Raritan and Delaware Bay Railroad (succeeded September 14, 1869)
    • Toms River Railroad
      Toms River Railroad
      The Toms River Railroad was established in 1866 with a stop at the county seat of Toms River, New Jersey. The line was extended to Waretown in 1872 by the Toms River and Waretown RR Co. In 1881 the Central Railroad of New Jersey purchased the road and in 1893 the property was transferred to the...
      
       (leased)
    • Toms River and Waretown Railroad (leased)
    • Vineland Railway (leased)
      • Vineland Railroad (succeeded March 30, 1877)
• New Jersey Terminal Railroad
• Newark and Elizabeth Railroad
• Newark and New York Railroad
  Newark and New York Railroad
  The Newark and New York Railroad was a passenger rail line that ran between Downtown Newark and the Communipaw Terminal at the mouth of the North River in Jersey City, bridging the Hackensack River and Passaic River just north of their mouths at the Newark Bay in northeastern New...
  
   (leased)
• Newark Warehouse Company
• Ogden Mine Railroad
  Ogden Mine Railroad
  The Ogden Mine Railroad was a railroad that existed in the U.S. state of New Jersey from 1866, until it was abandoned in the 1930s.- 1866 - 1881 :...
  
   (leased January 1, 1882)
• Passaic River Extension Railroad
• Perth Amboy and Elizabethport Railroad
  Perth Amboy and Elizabethport Railroad
  The Perth Amboy and Elizabethport Railroad was a railroad operated by the Central Railroad of New Jersey . It was an independent company when it started construction in 1871, but was taken over by the CNJ in 1873. The railroad diverged from the CNJ main line at Elizabethport and ran to South...
  
   (consolidated 1873)
• Raritan North Shore Railroad
• Somerville and Easton Railroad (consolidated February 22, 1849?)
  • Elizabeth and Somerville Railroad (consolidated February 26, 1847?)
• Sound Shore Railroad
• South Branch Railroad
• Toms River and Barnegat Railroad
• Vineland Branch Railway
• West End Railroad
• West Side Connecting Railroad
• Wharton and Northern Railroad (bought February 1930)
  • Hibernia Branch Railroad (consolidated December 7, 1905)
  • Morris County Railroad (consolidated December 7, 1905)
    • Charlotteburg and Green Lake Railroad (bought 1888)
      • Green Pond Railroad (succeeded August 17, 1876)
  • Morris County Connecting Railroad (consolidated December 7, 1905)
  • Port Oram Railroad (consolidated December 7, 1905)
• Wilkes-Barre and Scranton Railway (leased May 1, 1888)